Research Article
Diabetic Complications among Adult Diabetic Patients of a Tertiary Hospital in Northeast Ethiopia
Table 1
Characteristics of the diabetic patients in Dessie Referral Hospital, 2013.
| Variable | Frequency (%) |
| Sex | | Male | 125 (57.9) | Female | 91 (42.1) | Total | 216 (100) | Age | | ≤30 | 53 (24.5) | 31–45 | 51 (29.6) | ≥45 | 112 (51.9) | Total | 216 (100) | Religion | | Muslim | 157 (72.7) | Orthodox | 58 (26.9) | Protestant | 1 (0.5) | Total | 126 (100) | Ethnicity | | Amhara | 204 (94.4) | Oromo | 6 (2.8) | Tigrie | 3 (1.4) | Others | 3 (1.4) | Total | 216 (100) | Educational status | | Illiterate | 99 (45.8) | 1–8 | 63 (29.2) | 9–12 | 31 (14.4) | Higher education | 23 (10.6) | Total | 160 (100) | Marital status | | Never married | 94 (43.5) | Married | 93 (43.1) | Divorced | 11 (5.1) | Widowed | 18 (8.3) | Total | 216 (100) | Current Job | | Gov’t employee | 17 (11.8) | Merchant | 11 (7.6) | Farmer | 43 (29.9) | Retired | 12 (8.3) | Housewife | 23 (16.0) | Others** | 38 (26.4) | Total | 144 (100) | Duration since diagnosed | | <5 | 93 (43.1) | 5–9 | 79 (36.6) | 10–14 | 24 (11.1) | 15–19 | 8 (3.7) | ≥20 | 12 (5.6) | Total | 216 (100) | Monthly income | | <100 birr | 185 (85.6) | 100–199 birr | 6 (2.8) | 200–299 birr | 4 (1.9) | 300–499 birr | 12 (5.6) | >500 birr | 9 (4.2) | Total | 216 (100) |
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Others: **student, mechanic, daily laborer.
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